4105 - Powers and duties of Environmental Quality Board. - Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 4105. Powers and duties of Environmental Quality Board. (a) General rule.--The Environmental Quality Board shall adopt regulations as necessary to implement this chapter, to include the establishment of: (1) Testing or analysis to be conducted by an environmental laboratory. (2) Allowable fees for environmental laboratories. (3) Requirements for education, training and experience of laboratory supervisors. (4) Criteria and procedures to be used by the department to accredit environmental laboratories, which may include proficiency test samples and onsite audits. (b) Accreditation.--An environmental laboratory shall be accredited pursuant to this chapter and in compliance with the provisions of this chapter in order to generate the data and perform analysis to be used to comply with an environmental statute. (c) General certificate program.--The Environmental Quality Board may adopt regulations that establish a general certificate of accreditation program or certificates of accreditation by rule. (d) Unique needs.--To the extent possible, the Environmental Quality Board shall establish requirements and procedures that address the unique needs of small businesses, municipalities, municipal authorities and in-house laboratories.